It is the intention of all beings who proceed to life on Earth to have experiences, to give and receive energy, to make some impact, whether brief and simple or long and deep. By impact this might mean to travel lightly through life with energetic joy and activity that is contained or confined to a set area. Or it might mean to barrel through life making deep grooves of creative impact, leaving behind great possibilities for continued potential. Or it might mean any type of life in between these two extremes.

The main and most important aspect of any life, however, is to learn that you are in charge, that each individual must grow up, become an independent adult and discover who they are as they step out into the world and become their own person. To do this involves many phases of evolution and change, a constant process of invention and reinvention until each person achieves their goal. Many people do this in each lifetime they live, others find that many lifetimes must be lived to create one perfect result. Perfection is not the goal, experience is.

Creating a new self each day is the work of the journey. In some way strive for this and you will satisfy the intent of your soul’s imperative.

What you yearn for is always within reach but to grasp it, receive it, claim it, you must take action on your own behalf. To sit and wait does not result in rewards. Proper steps must be taken to insure success. Yes, signs may come, but they will be meaningless if personal energy is not focused and set in motion. One must consciously and patiently work toward goals, taking mature and thoughtful steps toward meeting that which one yearns for.

With clarity of mind, with intent set, and purpose fully explored, determined to be meaningful and truly of the heart, one is prepared to proceed on a journey of fulfilling one’s desires. Only then is one ready to take action on one’s own behalf and only then will the signs be correctly interpreted for what they truly are and what they truly mean.

To discern the difference between a fancy and a true desire of the heart one must be fully present in mind, body and spirit. To know what is right and what one is ready for is to know the truth of one’s own heart, to listen with openness to the bottom line and pay attention to it. If the heart says yes, then the time is right to proceed. If the message from the bottom of the heart does not match the message spinning through the mind then no action is the best decision. Remember: Heart over mind.

Acknowledge this day as the next step on your journey through this lifetime. Accept where you have been, how far you have come, and all the work you have down to arrive at this day. Let your strengths and your weaknesses balance you as you accept them as your teachers and petty tyrants alike. Remain aware that everything inside you is set up to accompany you on your journey, to provide you with what you need as you travel forward and learn about yourself.

Take some time to bask in the luxury of your life, even as you give yourself to the tasks at hand. Even as you do the work of your life allow the energy of calmness and peacefulness, of enjoyment and cosiness to be provided and engaged in.

You are your own worthy teacher and petty tyrant alike, your own mother and father, your own light and your own shadow. Acknowledge that these are indeed the things you have learned and that they are the substance of who you have worked so hard to become. If life asks anything of you, it is to uphold the truths of who you are every day of your life and without fail to continue seeking the deeper truths of the self.

Mind what matters most. Focus on the tasks at hand for this day. Allow the honest self to appear and guide you through the day, the truthful self who seeks resolution and clarity in all things. When the mind is boggled step back, take a breath, and ask the honest self to take over.

The mind is full of clutter for the most part. You can clear the clutter by whisking thoughts and cogitations away, by dropping down into the heart of the body and asking for calmness and respite, if only for a moment. In minding what matters most it is not the matters of the mind that are important, but the matters of the heart.

Humankind must acknowledge and accept its place in the universe, that it is but a small part of a greater whole. Yet humankind tends to consider itself as the whole around which all else revolves. This is a false notion. To consider all beings, all creatures and all of nature, as equal and equally intelligent is to begin a new adventure upon the earth that now starves and rumbles for attention and intervention. Discontent will increase until humankind reverses its progress and returns to the earth as both source and resource. In this return a new discovery that all beings are equally energetic will complete man’s search for meaning and his downfall will not be one of devastation but one of evolution.

In consideration of nature as a whole, humankind included, the world will adjust properly and all will be well though great damage will occur. As it now stands, the brink has been reached. Tend to the self for all beings so that your personal part in the evolution will have impact. Be considerate, kind and compassionate to self and to all beings that life may evolve.